Fans of European Football in Nigeria will have a bumper harvest as the duo of Spanish La Liga big guns, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will be visiting the country on a playing tour in a no distant time.
President of La Liga, Javier Tebas gave the assurance over the weekend in Abuja during the official opening of the
Nigeria La Liga office.
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With the visit, fans of football talismans C. Ronaldo of Real Madrid and L. Messi of Bacelleona may see their heros face-face , order than watching them only in Television.
The La Liga President, Tebas said the new office in Abuja which has a full compliment of both Nigerian and Spanish staff is part of the collaborative agreement between the League Management Company of Nigeria (LMC) and the Spanish league organizers.
The La Liga boss further stated that
the already scheduled game between the Nigerian Premier League stars with their
Spanish counterparts next week in Spain is part of the dividends of the mutual
relationship which he added will afford both sides to learn one thing or the
other from the encounter.
In his own remarks, Chairman of the
LMC and first vice president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mallam
Shehu Dikko said they chose the La Liga because it is the best league in the
world and that Nigeria stands to learn a lot from them.
According to him, the effort of
making Nigeria like Spain in the
administration of football has started yielding results as no fewer than 10
leagues across Africa have already signified interest to come and understudy
the Nigerian LMC.
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